The Leadership Fellows featured interview this week is with protégé Lauren Riley and her mentor Jay Blury. Jay is the Vice President of Marketing at Northrim Bank. Read the interview with Jay and learn more about his experience being a leader in Alaska.

One would think that academic programs would not be able to grow younger. But not in this case. The well-recognized and successful College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP) Leadership Fellows Program has partnered with Clark Middle School to grow fledgling leaders in Anchorage and Alaska.

The College of Business and Public Policy strives to provide students the best education by making the latest software available for classes. SAP’s enterprise resource planning software, is one such example. SAP ERP incorporates the key business functions of an organization. ConocoPhillips Alaska has made a donation this year that allows CBPP to continue offering SAP software. Tim Green, Manager, Alaska Supply Chain at ConocoPhillips said, “SAP is a critical tool for [ConocoPhillips] and given our efforts to recruit Supply Chain students from UAA, I feel this [is] a worthwhile effort […]”. For information about classes incorporating SAP software, please contact Dr. Alpana Desai.

The Leadership Fellows Program is accepting applications for 10 MBA/MPA and 5 undergraduate senior-level business students for the 2015 – 2016 academic year. Application Deadline is February 20, 2015. The program connects students with Anchorage’s top business leaders. The mentoring program matches students with community business leaders to foster rich leadership development experiences.

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The Weidner Property Management and Real Estate Program at CBPP has $28,800 in academic and travel awards available. Applications are available now and must be submitted by March 1, 2015 to be considered. Click here to learn more about these awards and their eligibility criteria.

Dr. Frank Jeffries has been part of the College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP) family since 1994. The primary reason that he loves going to work every day is that he enjoys his colleagues and his students. They are like a family. And families, he says, help each other out…